For the second straight week, the State Election Enforcement Commission met behind closed doors but couldn't decide whether Northeast Utilities CEO Thomas J. May violated state law last year by asking about 50 company managers to contribute money to...

NEW BRITAIN — Even after all the mass killings that have calloused the state and nation in the past 40 years, the name of a New Britain bakery remains infamous.
Before the night of Oct. 19, 1974, the Donna Lee Bakery was a neighborhood place to...

Northeast Utilities Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. May made 28 percent less last year than he did in 2012, according to regulatory filings made Friday.
May, who also is chairman of the company's board of directors, took home $11.83 million in 2013,...

Profits at Northeast Utilities fell in the second quarter due to ongoing merger costs and a charge relating to a federal review of how much money is reasonable for it and similar companies to earn from transmission projects.
Lower electric sales due to...

If it has run its course, The Connecticut Economy shouldn't be killed, it should be replaced. The one thing this state doesn't need right now is less information.
The quarterly publication from the University of Connecticut's economics department will cease publication after one or two more issues this year. It did good work.
The publication was begun in 1993 by a group of economists and lawyer Peter Shapiro with the support of then-UConn President Harry Hartley. The idea was that business...

As regional plans for a pair of multibillion-dollar energy projects have advanced in New England, officials and staff in some cases have warned about too much public knowledge of the process, according to emails released Tuesday by an environmental advocacy group.
In one back-and-forth, a staff lawyer for the group representing the six New England states said that a deal about hydroelectric power from Canada is best hashed out in private.
"I am less worried about the Canadians' strategy and more...

The hardwood floors, abundant light and meticulously crafted built-ins are what you notice first when walking into the Glastonbury home of Paul and Denise Reddington. But it's what's in the basement — and hidden under the lawn and inside the foundation — that Paul can't wait to talk about.
Paul, a retired Pratt & Whitney mechanical engineer, designed the energy-saving features of the house, custom built for the couple in 2007. So after a cursory tour of the main floor, he heads down a flight...

Connecticut Light & Power Co. has ended its contract with a tree-trimming company involved in a train crash Monday and a fatal accident earlier in the month when a worker was killed by a falling branch.
"We have canceled our contract with Trees Inc. and they are no longer working on our system," said Mitch Gross, a spokesman for CL&P, a Northeast Utilities subsidiary.
NU has canceled contracts with Trees Inc. of Houston, Texas, for all of its territory in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire....

HARTFORD — Maggie McKenzie II makes it day-to-day on a tight, fixed income.
She struggles with her health and recently cut back on her television service to meet her budget. She waits in line to pick up food from a nearby Baptist church.
McKenzie, who spoke Tuesday at a press conference about Connecticut Light & Power's proposal to increase electric distribution rates, is for public officials the face of why the utility's rate increase would do so much harm — increased fixed service fees...

Thumbs down to Connecticut Light & Power for proposing an outrageous increase in its fixed monthly customer charge. It's suggesting a 59 percent hike in its flat-rate service charge. What?! That would increase a consumer's bill by $114 per year, hiking it from $16 a month to $25.50, regardless of how little energy the customer may use. The company says the rate request is "to make important capital investments in Connecticut's electric infrastructure." But compare the CL&P rate to Boston Edison's fixed...